Jan 08 Troops recover body of hostage from Gaza tunnel, Israel’s military says By Tia Goldenberg, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Israel’s military says troops have recovered the body of an additional hostage from Gaza. Continue reading
Jan 04 As ceasefire talks resume, Israeli airstrikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza, hospital workers say By Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people, including at least two children, on Saturday in Gaza, hospital staff said, while a new effort at ceasefire talks was underway in Qatar after nearly 15 months of war. Continue reading
Jan 04 Biden administration notifies Congress of planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The weapons package would add to a record of at least $17.9 billion in military aid that the U.S. has provided Israel since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, launched the war. Continue reading
Jan 03 Israeli strikes kill at least 30 people, including children, in Gaza as stalled ceasefire talks set to resume By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Hospital staff say at least 30 people, including children, were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes overnight and Friday morning, as air sirens sounded across Israel and stalled ceasefire talks were set to resume. Continue reading
Jan 02 Israeli strikes kill at least 40 people in Gaza, including several children, officials say By Wafaa Shurafa, Fatma Khaled, Associated Press One strike early Thursday hit a tent in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone known as Muwasi, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have been huddling in damp winter weather. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 11:35 U.N. accuses Israel of pushing Gaza health system to ‘brink of total collapse’ By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn The U.N. Human Rights Office says Israel’s operations in Gaza have pushed the health care system “to the brink of total collapse” and may be a violation of international law. Israel accuses Hamas of integrating into hospitals and using staff… Continue watching
Dec 31 Rocked by conflict and change, Middle East greets new year By Ghaith Alsayed, Wafaa Shurafa, Lujain Jo, Associated Press While Syrians looked forward to a new beginning, the mood was more somber along Beirut’s Mediterranean promenade, where residents shared cautious hopes for the new year. War-weary Palestinians in Gaza saw little hope that 2025 would bring an end to… Continue reading
Dec 30 Gazan women struggle with a life stripped of privacy in crowded tent camps By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy. Continue reading
Dec 29 Fourth infant freezes to death in Gaza as displaced families share blankets in seaside tents By Wafaa Shurafa, Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war are huddled in tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter arrives. Continue reading
Dec 28 Israel detains director of one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals during military raid By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Gaza's Health Ministry said Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested Friday along with dozens of other staff and taken to an interrogation center. Israel's military on Saturday confirmed it detained the hospital director for questioning… Continue reading